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Ukraine Plotting to Hit Zaporozhye Plant With Nuclear Waste Laden Missile - Energy Official
Ukraine Plotting to Hit Zaporozhye Plant With Nuclear Waste Laden Missile - Energy Official
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Over the past months, Kiev has repeatedly targeted the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant - which is the biggest NPP in Europe - risking a major nuclear disaster.
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Kiev is planning to carry out an attack on July 5 on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) using high-precision weapons and drones, Rosenergoatom, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, spokesman Renat Karchaa said on Tuesday.As a backup plan, Kiev also intends to use Tochka-U missile, loaded with radioactive waste removed from the South-Ukraine nuclear facility on July 3, he added.The nuclear power plant, located on the left bank of the Dnepr River, came under the control of Russian forces in early March 2022 and has since been repeatedly shelled by Ukrainian forces, raising international concerns over a possible accident.A recent Ukrainian attack on the Kakhovka dam also posed danger to the compound, with the water reservoir's level dropping dramatically, but Russian authorities were able to stabilize the situation.To ensure the safety of the nuclear station, Moscow has allowed a delegation led by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi to visit the plant and has approved a constant presence of an IAEA group at the compound.And while Kiev previously claimed that the representatives of the agency were ordered to leave the Zaporozhye nuclear facility, Grossi himself denied those allegations earlier on Tuesday, confirming that the inspectors are present at the site.
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Ukraine Plotting to Hit Zaporozhye Plant With Nuclear Waste Laden Missile - Energy Official
17:42 GMT 04.07.2023 (Updated: 16:58 GMT 31.07.2023) Over the past months, Kiev has repeatedly targeted the nuclear facility - which is the biggest nuclear power station in Europe - risking a major nuclear disaster.
Kiev is planning to carry out an attack on July 5 on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP) using high-precision weapons and drones, Rosenergoatom, a subsidiary of Russian state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, spokesman Renat Karchaa said on Tuesday.
"Today we received information that I am authorized to talk about... In the early hours of July 5, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will try to attack the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant using high-precision long-range means and unmanned kamikaze aircraft," Karchaa said on air at the Rossiya 24 broadcaster.
As a backup plan, Kiev also intends to use Tochka-U missile, loaded with radioactive waste removed from the South-Ukraine nuclear facility on July 3, he added.
The nuclear power plant, located on the left bank of the Dnepr River, came under the control of Russian forces in early March 2022 and has since been repeatedly
shelled by Ukrainian forces, raising international concerns over a possible accident.
A recent Ukrainian attack on the Kakhovka dam also posed danger to the compound, with the water reservoir's level dropping dramatically, but Russian authorities were able to stabilize the situation.
To ensure the safety of the nuclear station, Moscow has allowed a delegation led by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) head Rafael Grossi to visit the plant and has approved a constant presence of an IAEA group at the compound.
And while Kiev previously claimed that the representatives of the agency were ordered to leave the Zaporozhye nuclear facility, Grossi himself denied those allegations earlier on Tuesday, confirming that the inspectors are present at the site.
